 Where, as to shame the temples deck'd By skill of earthly architect, Nature herself, it seem'd, would raise A Minster to her Maker's praise ! Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns, or her arches bend ; Nor of a theme less solemn tells That mighty surge...  The Age of Fable; Or, Beauties of Mythology - Pàgina 452per Thomas Bulfinch - 1898 - 501 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1815 - 1008 pàgines
...praise ! Not for a meaner use ascend H»r columns, or her arches bend ; Nor of a theme lew solemn teils That mighty surge that ebbs and swells, And still, between each awful pause, rrom the high vault an answer draws, In varied tune prolong'd and high, That mocks the organ's melody.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1815 - 460 pàgines
...Nature herself, it seem'd, would raise A Minster to her Maker's praise ! Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns, or her arches bend ; Nor of a theme less...From the high vault an answer draws. In varied tone prolong'd and high, That mocks the organ's melody. Nor doth its entrance front in vain To old lona's... | |
 | 1815 - 612 pàgines
...Nature herself, it seem'd, would raise A Minster to her Maker's praise ! Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns, or her arches bend; Nor of a theme less solemn...From the high vault an answer draws, In varied tone prolong'd and high, .i That mocks the organ's melody. Nor doth its entrance front in vain . • To... | |
 | 1815 - 698 pàgines
...Nature herself, it seeni'd, would raise A Minster to her Maker's praise! Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns, or her arches bend; Nor of a theme less solemn...From the high vault an answer draws, In varied tone prolong'd and high, That mocks the organ's melody. Nor doth its entrance front in vain To old lona's... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1815 - 468 pàgines
...Nature herself, it seem'd, would raise A Minster to her Maker's praise ! Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns, or her arches bend ; Nor of a theme less...awful pause, From the high vault an answer draws, 3 In varied tone prolong'd and high, That mocks the organ's melody. Nor doth its entrance front in... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1815 - 466 pàgines
...Nature herself, it seem'd, would raise A Minster to her Maker's praise ! Not for^a meaner use ascend Her columns, or her arches bend ; Nor of a theme less...awful pause, From the high vault an answer draws, 3 In varied tone prolong'd and high, That mocks the organ's melody. Nor doth its entrance front in... | |
 | 1815 - 606 pàgines
...herself, it seem'd, would raise A Minster to her Maker's praise ! Not for a meaner use ascend . , Her columns, or her arches bend ; Nor of a theme less...mighty surge that ebbs and swells, And still, between eaph awful pause, From the high vault an answer draws, In varied tone prolong'd and high, That mocks... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1815 - 498 pàgines
...And still, between each awful pause, From the high vault an answer draws, In varied tone prolong'd and: high, That mocks the organ's melody. Nor doth...its entrance front in vain To old lona's holy fane, ..'•.-,. • . i That Nature's voice might seem to say, " Well hast thou done, frail Child of clay... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1815 - 572 pàgines
...Nature herself, it seem'd, would raise A minster to her Maker's praise ! Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns, or her arches bend ; Nor of a theme less...solemn tells That mighty surge that ebbs and swells, A*d still between each awful pause, From the high vault an answer draws, In varied tone prolong'd and... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1818 - 338 pàgines
...tells That mighty snrge that ehhs and swells^ And still, hetween each awfnl panse, From the high vanlt an answer draws,, In varied tone prolonged and high,...entrance front in vain To old lona's holy fane, That Natnre's voice might seem to say, " Well hast thon done, frail child of clay t Thy hnmhle powers that... | |
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